The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter

Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Meeting on his adventures a host of cannibals, centaurs and acrobats, Desiderio must battle against unreality and the warping of time and space to be with her, as the Doctor reduces Desiderio's city to a chaotic state of emergency - one ridden with madness, crime and sexual excess.

A satirical tale of magic and sex, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman is a dazzling quest for truth, love and identity.

• Series:Penguin Modern Classics
• Format:
  • Paperback / softback
  • 288 pages
• Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint:Penguin Classics
• ISBN:9780141192390
• Published:3 Feb 2011
• Classifications:
  • Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
• Readership:
  • General (US: Trade)
• Weight:220g
• Dimensions:197 x 128 x 18 (mm)
• Pub. Country:United Kingdom